Sighting 4606068
Pison sp. (genus)
1 Black mud-dauber wasp at Melba, ACT
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| Pison sp. (genus) | DiBickers | 24 Mar 2025 | |
| Pompilidae (family) | SimoneC | 29 Oct 2024 | |
| Unverified | kasiaaus | 23 Oct 2024 |
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User's notes
In my bee hotel.
2 comments
23 Oct 2024
Note the crab spider they are carrying. I saw several of them with identical flower spiders.
24 Oct 2024
In Australia, the notch in the inner margin of the compound eye is restricted to wasps (with a single exception).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050233-35.208508
- Altitude 601.7m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 22 Oct 2024 04:37 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Yes Nest present
Collections
- kasiaaus NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Pison sp. (genus) Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Pison sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Black mud-dauber wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 830.18m Recorded at altitude
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